STS-40 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
5 Jun 1991, 1:24pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 39B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Spacecraft Stage
Space Shuttle
Crew
Bryan D. O'Connor
Sidney M. Gutierrez
F. Drew Gaffney
Millie Hughes-Fulford
James P. Bagian
Margaret Rhea Seddon
Tamara E. Jernigan
Mission
STS-40
Mission Type
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.
Available Replays
STS-40 launch & landing (6-5-91)
Updated: Apr 16, 10:45am UTC
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